Combined sash and shutter fastener



(No Model.)

H. H.'WESLER.

COMBINED SASH AND SHUTTER FASTENER.

No. 364,456. Patented June 7, 1887.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. W'ESLER, OF NE\VARK, NEW JERSEY.

* COMBINED SASH AND SHUTTER FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part (if Letters Patent No. 364,456, dated June 7; 1887.

Application tiled December 15, 1886. Serial No. 221,635. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. WEsLEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented'certain new and useful Improvementsin Shutter and Sash Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved sash and shutter fastener whereby both the shutters and sashes may be fastened and held firmly together in one operation, or the sashes alone may be fastened or unfastened without disturbing the shutter-fastening portion of the device.

The invention consists in an improved sash and shutter fastener and in the arrangements and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like lettersindicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a window at the meeting-rails of a sash, to which rails is attached my improved fastener. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing the fastener in a locked relation with said shutters and sash. Fig. 3 is a section through line :0, Fig. 2; and Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of certain parts of my improved fastener, the last being a section through line Fig. 2.

In said drawings, A A indicate the meeting-rails of a sash, B the shutter of a window, and G a combined sash and blind fastener adapted to be turned pivotally to secure, fasten, or look the shutters and prevent the opening of the window-sash in one operation. Heretofore devices similar in some respects for locking the shutters and sashes have been provided, and'in the cases referred to the shutter-fastening hook and the sash-fastening arm have had. a permanent or unchangeable relation in the fastener, so that it was impossible to unlock the sash without at the same time unfastening the blinds. In the improvement under consideration this objection is avoided, the operator being enabled to turn the sashfastener from a looking to an unlocking positionwithout disturbing the hook D, or both the hook D and the sash-fastener may be turned to an unlocked position in one operation, as will be hereinafter described.

The hook D is adapted to engage a plate, E,

secured to the blinds, said plate E being provided with a recess, E, and suitable loop or eye, F, to receive said hook, the latter being bent at right angles, as at F, to pass through a suitable perforation in a bearing-plate secured to the bottom of the outer meeting-rail, A, passing entirely through said meeting-rail and serving as a pivot for the said sash-fasten ing arm 1?. Said hook D is also provided on the top thereof with a cap, as H, which works in a suitable seat, I, in said fastener, said cap being provided with a series of stop recesses or perforations, J, to receive a lockingpin, K, attached to a lever, L, working upon a fulcrum, M, of said arm and operated by a rod, N, sliding in a vertical slot or perforation, O, in the outerIor free end of said arm P. Thus when said lever is in the position shown in Fig. 3 the pin K engages one of the perforations J and holds said hook firmly and securely. Said hook D is limited in its pivotal play by stop-pins Q, secured to the plate Q, Fig. 1.- V

The arm I? is suitably slotted on the under side to receive the lever L, as shown in Fig. 3, and extends far enough to reach approximately the middle of the meetingrail A when turned at right angles thereto. The said meeting-rail A is provided with a perforated plate, G, secured to the top thereof, and said plate, being perforated or recessed, as at G, Fig. 3, is thus adapted to receive the bolt or shaft N of the arm P. The said bolt N is automatic ally forced into the perforation of the plate G by a spring, It, and is provided on the top thereof with a suitable finger-piece, as S, and

at the bottom with a perforation, T, to receive the end of thelever L. Thus when said bolt N is raised so as to disengage it from the perforation of the plate Q the arm P may be turned from an-ove'rhanging relation to the meeting-rail A, and when turned back to its first position at or approximately at right angles to said rail A the spring R causes said bolt N to drop automatically into engagement with the catchingrecess of said plate G, thus fastening the sash, as will be understood, the hook D working with said arm to unfasten and subsequently refasten the shutter. The said bolt N, when thns partly raised to throw it out'o'f engagement with the plate Q, acts to raise the lever L and draw downward the pin K, but not draw the latter far enough to disengage it from the perforation J of the cap H, secured to the hook D. Thus when the arm P is turned it acts to unlock both the sash and blinds, as is shown in dotted outlinein Fig. 2. When it is desired to unfasten the sash without disturbing the shuttenfastening, the bolt Nis raised as before, but to its highest limit in its perforation 0, and operates the lever L, so that it will withdraw the pin K from the perforation J, so that the arm P may be turned to unlock the sash without turning the hook D. \Vhen the arm P is turned parallel with the edge of the meetingrai-l, the bolt N may be allowed to drop automatically into the recess, the pin K at the same time engaging another one of the perforations J, thus locking said hook D, while the sashes remain unfastened.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a shutter and sash fastener, in eombination, a pivotal rod bent, as at F, and having at one extremity a hook to engage a cooperating plate on the shutter and at the opposite extremity provided with an arm adapted to extend across the joint between the meeting-rails of the sash, said arm being free to move independent of said rod D, and being provided with a locking mechanism, substantiall y as described, whereby the said arm and rod may be held in an unchangeable relation, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a bent and hooked rod, D, an arm, I, movably pivoted thereon, a bolt adapted to engage a cooperating fastener of the meeting rail to prevent pivotal movement of said arm, and alever operated by said bolt to lock said arm upon said rod to prevent independent movement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination, in a shutter and sash fastener, a shutterfastening rod, 1), and a notched plate or cap, H, a sash-fastening arm, I, a bolt, N, lever L, pin K, and spring R, all said parts being arranged and adapted to on erate substantially asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of December, 1886.

HENRY H. XVESLER.

XVitnesses:

M. S. CoRWIN, OSCAR A. MICHEL. 

